Miresua is an imaginary, artificial, constructed language; a conlang. These words are not randomly generated. Miresua is an eclectic alphabetic mix of Basque and Finnish, two unrelated European languages.

18 July 2007

ogame = are (verb "to be"/"to exist" - we are - 1st person plural) (some things Google found for "ogame": a very common term; OGame is a German, real time, multiplayer, text-based, space-war themed online browser game - an overwhelming search result; user name; a last name that can be Japanese)

In my opinion this is an odd looking word, but "ogame" is the letter combination that makes the best sense. The first letter is the first letter from the Finnish word. The second letter is the first letter from the Basque word. The last two letters are the verb conjugation ending (and both are doubled letters) from the Finnish word. The third letter is the vowel from the Basque word.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "are (we are)" is now "orame".

14 July 2007

oda = is (verb "to be/to exist" - he/she/it is - 3rd person singular)(some things Google found for "oda": a very common term; Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) was a major daimyo or feudal ruler in Japan; a last name that is likely Japanese; ODA is an acronym for Oregon (and Ohio) Department of Agriculture; ODA stands for Ohio (and Oregon and Ontario) Dental Association; ODA stands for Olympic Delivery Authority for London 2012 Olympics; ODA stands for Office of Degree Authorization; ODA stands for Out-of-Door Academy of Florida; a feminine first name; Saint Oda of Scotland (c.680-c.726) was a Scottish princess who became a holy woman in the Netherlands; Saint Oda or Odo also called the Good or the Severe (died 958) was archbishop of Canterbury; oda means "there, thither, up" in Hungarian; means "ode" in Serbo-Croatian and Spanish; means "room, chamber, apartment" in Turkish; Oda is the name of places in Somalia, Serbia and Montenegro, Ethiopia, Japan, Ghana, Sudan, Turkey, Nigeria, Philippines, Pakistan, and Kenya)

For this important word I'm using my seldom used option of making the Miresua word one letter longer than the Basque and the Finnish words. I wanted to have a vowel ending so that my verb would better resemble Finnish conjugations for 3rd person singular in the present tense. Besides, I think that "oda" looks esthetically better than "od".

This word wasn't chosen for its looks. Again, the first letter in the Miresua word is the first letter from the Finnish word. The second letter is the first letter from the Basque word. The last letter is the final letter (verb conjugation ending) from the Finnish word.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "are" is now "otza".

06 July 2007

onin = am (verb "to be"/"to exist" - I am - 1st person singular) (some things Google found for "onin": an uncommon term; The Ònin War (1467-1477) was a civil war during the Muromachi period in Japan; onin.com is a non-profit website of a forensic scientist; user name; first name of a World of Warcraft character; Onin (or Sepa) is a people and language of New Guinea in Indonesia; a last name; a misspelling of "onion")

There is method to my word creation for this important verb. The first letter in the Miresua word is the first letter from the Finnish word. The second letter is the first letter from the Basque word. The last letter is the final letter (verb conjugation ending) from the Finnish word.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "I am" is now "oin". The word "onin" has been redefined as "I was".

04 July 2007

olna = be (verb "to be/to exist" - to be - infinitive) (some things Google found for "olna": an uncommon term: RFA Olna (A123) was a fast fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary; "Olna Gazur" means "The People's Gathering Place" in Kalmyk which is a language spoken in Western China and Western Mongolia; a feminine first name; Olna Firth is a fjord in Shetland in Scotland; user name)

My previous word for the verb "to be" was "alon". I liked that word, nothing against it, but further thought made me realize that it would be less confusing for me (and probably anyone else) if I started conjugations of the same verb with the same letter, like Finnish does. (The letter "a" wasn't present in all tenses.) Hence each conjugation of this verb will start with "o" from the Finnish word. Basque doesn't start conjugations of the verb with the same letter, but with a letter that is connected with the pronouns. Given that my pronouns are alphabetic mixtures of Basque and Finnish, it would be hard for me to follow Basque on this issue. Besides, I think I'll have irregular enough verbs as it is!

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for the verb "to be/to exist" is now "ozal".

02 July 2007

This month I'm going to create some words for the common verb "to be" in Miresua for the present tense.

Finnish (like English) has one verb "to be", but Basque has two verbs -- one which means "to exist" and the other means "to stay", like the Spanish verbs "ser" and "estar". Earlier I thought I'd use one verb "to be" in Miresua to simplify things. Upon further thought, there will be two verbs.

This month I'll be mixing conjugations of the Basque verb "izan" (to exist) with conjugations of the Finnish verb "olla". The Basque and Finnish languages handle verbs quite differently. Be warned, things are going to get messy.

About Me

Young enough to daydream, old enough to be somewhat realistic. I'm creating words in a made-up language. I'm not a linguist. Mariska is an old-fashioned Hungarian form of the name Mary. It's pronounced Marishka.

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About Miresua

Miresua is a scramble of Basque and Finnish, two languages that I don't actually speak but I find interesting. Words are intended to look foreign to English speakers.

There is nobody in this world that speaks Miresua as their native language. Miresua is a made-up, constructed language used in my fantasy writing.

The Basque and Finnish words shown are correct to the best of my knowledge.

When I say that a word equals something in English that is my definition only; it's not true in the real world. The miscellaneous information I list about the words is what Google search found on the Internet for that word.

The grammar of Miresua will take rules from Basque and Finnish. Miresua will be agglutinative language (as are Basque and Finnish), a regular language with a high rate of affixes per word. Miresua will be a Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) language, which is like Basque, but unlike Finnish (and English). Although unlike Basque, but like Finnish, adjectives occur before the noun which they modify. Miresua, unlike Finnish, doesn't feature vowel harmony. (For my experiment with vowel harmony, see my Samgur artlang).

Finnish language

Finnish (native name: Suomi) is spoken in Finland. It is a minority language in the Northern European countries of Sweden, Norway, Russia, and Estonia. Finnish is a member of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family (which also includes Hungarian). There are about 6 million total speakers of Finnish.

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Basque language

Basque (native name: Euskara) is spoken by in Basque Country, a region in the western Pyrenees mountains of Spain and France. Basque is a language with no demonstrable relationship with any other living language. There are about 1 million total speakers of Basque.